Portrait of Denise Gence honored with other actresses on the staircase of the Comédie Française [2024]
Florence Berthout, Mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, and Lydia Harambourg, historian and art critic, inaugurating the exhibition “Paris dans l’oeuvre de Germaine Lacaze (1908-1994)” [from 22 March to 14 April 14 2023]
Germaine Lacaze “In the studio of the Séeberger brothers” [Exhibition at the Château de Maisons in Maisons-Laffitte from May 29 to October 11, 2021]
Plaque placed in 2015 on the house in the village of Villeneuve-le-Comte where Germaine Lacaze painted from 1937 until the end of her life.
Canvas of “July 14 in Villeneuve-le-Comte” hanging in the municipal council chamber of Villeneuve-le-Comte (2015)
Corridor of the Samson floor of the Comédie-Française where the paintings have been hanging since 2011 :
“Harpagon, portrait of Georges Chamarat, member of the Comédie-Française”
“La duègne, portrait of Denise Gence, member of the Comédie-Française”
Inauguration of the exhibition “Germaine Lacaze” by Daniel Chevalier, Mayor of Villeneuve-le-Comte, at the town hall of Villeneuve-le-Comte in Seine-et-Marne (2007)
2024
Exhibition on the staircase of the Comédie Française during the first half of the year of the portrait of the actress Denise Gence, who became the 425th member of this theatre in 1958, painted by Germaine Lacaze in 1965 in the role of the Duègne de Ruy Blas, along with other graphic works in tribute to the actresses of this theatre.
Publication of the English and Spanish language versions of the https://www.germainelacaze.fr/ website
Publication on youtube of Lydia Harambourg’s interview on Germaine Lacaze conducted in April 2023 on the occasion of the exhibition “Paris in the work of Germaine Lacaze” at the town hall of the 5th arrondissement of Paris
Exhibition at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris (Exhibition “Souvenirs de jeunesse – Entrer aux Beaux-Arts de Paris 1780-1980” from October 16, 2024 to January 12, 2025) of Germaine Lacaze’s copy of the Lucien Simon studio menu of March 26, 1930 at the Beaux-Arts de Paris (print by Yves Brayer) with, among others, the signatures of Georges Delplanque, Jean Hurstel, by Guily Joffrin, Amrita Sher-Gil, Lucien Simon, Boris Taslitzky, Suzanne Tourte.
Upload on youtube of a video focus on the painting “Les Volailleux” by Germaine Lacaze belonging to the intercommunal museum of Paris Est Marne et Bois, with interviews with Bernadette Boustany, Julie Chanut and Lydia Harambourg.
2023
Particular exhibition “Paris in the work of Germaine Lacaze (1908-1994)” of a hundred works (oils on canvas, engravings, drawings, gouaches) centred on the theme of Paris at the town hall of the 5th district of Paris, completed with photographs of the artist, taken by her childhood friend the photographer Albert Séeberger (1914-1999).
Publication of a book entitled “Paris dans l’oeuvre de Germaine Lacaze (1908-1994)” with a preface by Florence Berthout, mayor of the 5th district of Paris, a text by the historian and art critic Lydia Harambourg and comments by Michel Le Bitoux, and Michèle, Jean-Louis and Emmanuel Séeberger.
2021
Exhibition of a photograph taken by Jean Séeberger in 1933 of Germaine Lacaze painting the portrait of Jean Séeberger at the exhibition “Dans le studio des frères Séeberger” organised by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux at the Château de Maisons in Maisons-Laffitte (from 29 May 2021 to 11 October 2021).
2020
Creation of the website https://germainelacaze.fr
2015
Creation of an article “Germaine Lacaze” in the free encyclopedia Wikipedia.
A commemorative plaque was placed on the house in Villeneuve-le-Comte (Seine-et-Marne) where Germaine Lacaze’s studio was located on 16 May, under the chairmanship of Daniel Chevalier, mayor of Villeneuve-le-Comte, and his municipal council, in the presence of the artist’s family and friends
2014
Donation of the painting “14 July in Villeneuve-le-Comte” to the Town Hall of Villeneuve-le-Comte by Paulette Le Bitoux, née Lacaze, first cousin of the artist.
2011
Donation in October of the portrait of Denise Gence as a duègne to the Comédie Française following the death of the actress on 28 September 2011, by Paulette Le Bitoux, née Lacaze, first cousin of the artist.
The portraits “La duègne, portrait de Denise Gence, sociétaire de la Comédie Française” and “Harpagon, portrait de Georges Chamarat, sociétaire de la Comédie Française” are on display on the Samson floor of the Comédie Française in Paris.
2010
Publication of the “Dictionnaire de l’Union des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs – Répertoire des artistes et liste de leurs œuvres 1882 – 1965”, published by Editions l’Echelle de Jacob with the list of works exhibited at the eponymous Salon by Germaine Lacaze from 1947 to 1962.
2008
Tribute to Germaine Lacaze at the château de Ferrières during the 3rd exhibition of the Communauté de Communes La Brie Boisée, grouping together the communes of Favières, Ferrières-en-Brie, Pontcarré, Villeneuve-le-Comte and Villeneuve-Saint-Denis, presided by Mireille Munch, mayor of Ferrières-en-Brie.
2007
Exhibition « Germaine Lacaze » at the town hall of Villeneuve-le-Comte : around ten oil paintings are exhibited on the Mayor’s and his town council initiative in the townhall
1998
At the Galerie des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, presentation of the 20th century collections, including Germaine Lacaze’s “Portrait of the artist’s mother”.
In a city where it has long been regretted that modern art does not find its place between the Musée des Beaux-Arts and the Musée d’Art Contemporain, this exhibition finally allows us to shorten the history between the innovations of the beginning of the century and the 1950s and 60s.
A room devoted to figurative art features works by Valloton, Picasso, Dufy and Kokoschaka; an abstract room focuses on Gardair and Bissière, other painters from the region, as well as lesser-known names such as Germaine Lacaze and Roger Lambet Loubère, and more recent works such as those by Alenchinsky.
Valérie DE SAINT-DO – Sud-Ouest – 31 July 1998